mhaze,

I'm sure that when the time is right we'll be able
to work out the intricacies of the model for our
President.

Thanks for the link. Loved it!

Is Mise,

The Royal Style and Titles Act (19 October 1973)
altered the FORMAL title of Queen Elizabeth II
to refer specifically to Australia.

This was one of the few Bills of the Australian
Parliament enacted by the BRITISH monarch personally,
rather than by the Governor-General as vice-regal
authority.

Queen Elizabeth signed her assent during the Royal
Tour for the opening of the Sydney Opera House.

And in the event of a Republic referendum passing, what of the Sovereign Independent States that voted against it?

What is to stop such States from remaining Monarchies?

Is Mise,

To be successful a proposal must be approved by the
majority of voters nationwide and also by the
majority of voters "in the majority of the states"
(i.e. in at least 4 states).

44 proposals have been submitted to referendum, only
8 have been successful.

Malcolm Turnbull's book is proving to be a political
bestseller.

We're told by The Australian newspaper and other media
that the initial print run of 45,000 had almost
exhausted in just 4 days. So had the second run of
15,000 and the third of 15,000 was also selling well
across independent retailers and in bigger retailers
like KMart and Big W. As well as in digital sales where
its top of the charts on Apple Books.

Jo Lewin, Head of trade product - Booktopia has said
that the company had sold 3,387 copies over the past
few days and was trying to get more in stock.

Political memoirs are often not big sellers in Australia.
Malcolm Turnbull's memoir appears to be gaining ground on
the lifetime sales of other political memoirs.

John Howard's "Lazarus Rising" sold 103,000 in 7 years.
Julia Gillard's - 72,000 in 3 years.
Tony Abbott's - Battlines - 14,000.

Malcolm Turnbull's book had the disadvantage of the
coronavirus lockdown working against him. Many boo shops
have closed their doors. And yet his book is outdoing
them all.

Foxy,

"44 proposals have been submitted to referendum, only
8 have been successful."

The proposals may have been successful or unsuccessful but all of the referendums have been successful.

On Malcolm Turnbull, I see him as a person of overweening vanity who sees himself as the first President whatever the cost to the taxpayer.